Episodes

  • Dengue Virus, Structure of DENV2 NS5, Potential Drugs | Research Digest with Dr. Juliet Obi | S2E9
    Dec 21 2025

    GUEST: Juliet Obi, PhD

    Affiliation: Eli Lilly and Company, California, USA

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    REFERENCE

    Obi, J.O., Kihn, K.C., McQueen, L. et al. Structuraldynamics of the dengue virus non-structural 5 (NS5) interactions with promoterstem-loop A (SLA). npj Viruses 3, 30 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44298-025-00112-1

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    56 mins
  • RNA profiling, Transcriptome dynamics, SLAM-RT&Tag | Research Digest with Dr. Nadiya Khyzha | S2E8
    Nov 18 2025

    Guest: Nadiya Khyzha, PhD

    Affiliation: Postdoctoral fellow at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, USA

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    Guest Profiles:ORCiD Profile link

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    38 mins
  • COVID-19, Dengue, & Emerging Infections | Research Digest with Dr. Mohammad Rubayet Hasan | S2E7
    Nov 3 2025

    GUEST INTRODUCTION

    Mohammad Rubayet Hasan, PhD

    Clinical Microbiologist, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program;

    Associate Professor, McMaster University, Canada.

    Google Scholar of the Guest


    KEYWORDS

    #VaccineUpdates #HerdImmunity #PublicHealth #EmergingInfections #VaccineUpdate

    #researchdigest #ResearchCommunity #sciencecommunication #sciencetalks #researchpublication


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    34 mins
  • Atmospheric Chemistry, Solid-Electrolyte Interfaces, Molecular Simulations | Research Digest with Dr. Mirza Galib | S2E6
    Oct 4 2025

    GUEST INTRODUCTION

    Mirza Galib, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,

    Howard University, USA.

    Google Scholar Profile


    OTHER PLATFORM

    Link to this Episode on YOUTUBE

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    44 mins
  • Biosensors, Nanocatalysts, and DNA Probes | Research Digest with Dr. Jagotamoy Das | S2 E5
    Sep 21 2025

    GUEST INTRODUCTION

    Jagotamoy Das, PhD

    Research Associate Professor,
    Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University.

    Google Scholar

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    ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS

    YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@research.digest

    Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3MgyfBQ07DXGglIm8vPfLw?si=0334435c2c0647e1

    Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/research-digest/id1785500229

    Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/028f679c-b6a9-4ed9-a3ec-00779d0bb621/research-digest

    CONNECT WITH THE HOST

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/hbnnbd/

    https://www.facebook.com/hbnn.bd

    https://www.hasanalbanna.org/

    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-6706

    KEYWORDS

    #MolecularPendulum #MolecularPendulum #BiosensorInnovation #Nanocatalysis #ChemistryPodcast

    #researchdigest #ResearchCommunity #sciencecommunication #sciencetalks #researchpublication

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    32 mins
  • Brain Development, Childhood adversity, Sex differences | Research Digest with Rafiad Islam | S2E4
    Sep 4 2025

    In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Early adversitycauses sex-specific deficits in perforant pathway connectivity and contextual memory in adolescent mice”, published in Biology of Sex Differences Journal (Volume: 15, Article number: 39) in 2024 by BMC/Springer Nature. We talked with the leading author, Dr. Rafiad Islam, about the backgroundof the research work, major findings, and future perspectivesYOUTUBE LINK


    GUEST INTRODUCTION

    Rafiad Islam, PhD

    Associate Research Scientist,

    Yale School of Medicine

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    TIMESTAMPS

    00:00 – Introduction

    01:45 – Author’s career journey

    06:35 – Early life adversity and related studies

    19:49 – Starting of the project and initial experiments

    28:10 – Other main findings of the study

    44:40 – A challenging part of the study

    47:23 – Why do men and women differ in terms of development?

    51:20 – Future directions of the study

    53:54 – Take home message


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    56 mins
  • Congenital heart disease (CHD), gene-environment interaction (GxE) | Research Digest with Talita Choudhury | S2E3
    Aug 16 2025

    In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we dive into a fascinating study published in JCI Insight (2024) titled “Impact of genetic factors on antioxidant rescue of maternal diabetes–associated congenital heart disease.” We had the pleasure of chatting with the lead author, Dr. Talita Z. Choudhury, who walked us through the story behind the research, the key discoveries, and what this could mean for future studies in the field.


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    30 mins
  • Protein Translation, Ribosome, Role of bL38 | Research Digest with Dr. Siddik Alom | S2E2
    Jul 7 2025

    In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Protein bL38 facilitates incorporation of uL6 during assembly of the 50S subunit in Flavobacterium johnsoniae”, published in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Journal (Volume 53, Issue 4) on 28 February 2025 by Oxford University Press. We talked with the leading author, Md Siddik Alom, about the background of the research work, major findings, and future perspectives.

    GUEST AFFILIATION

    Md Siddik Alom, PhD

    Ohio State University

    YouTube Link

    https://youtu.be/RNxSsZfQ3XY


    Original Article Link

    https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf120


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    41 mins